Four more jeers
My name is Taylor Gist and I’m a fellow student at the University of Virginia. I attended election parties like many of the citizens in our community did Tuesday night, but I experienced an inexcusable level of hostility during my celebration that I hope no other citizen of our nation had to. That is only the hope of my idealistic thinking. Wednesday morning around 12:30 a.m., my friends and I were walking down the corner toward Elliewood Ave. when we passed by Trinity, the location of the College Republicans Victory Party. As we walked by, a white male on the balcony tossed his freshly lit cigarette at us only missing my head by a foot. Then another white male on the balcony yelled “N***er” at us and the two males smirked. I wasn’t necessarily surprised by this, as dealing with racism is unfortunately a regular experience for me, but I was disappointed in the fact that while our country moves toward social justice for people like myself to feel more included and valued as a member of society, there is still so much work to be done in our community.